Monthly Archives: October 2012

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If built, Farmers Field would bring crowds of people to downtown, and could significantly boost ridership at the light rail station across the street from the proposed 72,000-seat football stadium.Dakota Smith in the Daily News,

To accommodate those new riders, transit officials signed off Thursday on Anschutz Entertainment Group’s plan to double the size of the 20-year-old Pico Boulevard station.

Pet stores in Los Angeles would have to acquire their dogs, cats and rabbits from city shelters or rescue organizations, instead of commercial breeders, under proposal given preliminary approval by the City Council Wednesday. Daily News

With a 12-2 vote, the council intends to enact one of the strictest measures in the country.

Under the plan, the sale of cats, dog and rabbits from commercial breeders will be banned for a three-year period to determine if it helps reduce the kill rate of animals in city shelters.

Los Angeles Unified schools failed to meet targets for providing speech therapy and other instructional services to special-education students as required by the settlement of a 1993 lawsuit, according to a report released Wednesday.Barbara Jones in the Daily News,

The annual update from the Office of the Independent Monitor determined the district fell short of the 85 percent goal for its delivery of specialized services. A sampling of 400 students found that 83.5 percent received their therapy as often as recommended but that sessions lasted as long as scheduled just 70 percent of the time.